Old English · verb

geotan

Normalised ġēotan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class II
IPA: /ˈje͜oː.tɑn/
Syllables: ˈje͜oː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: ewte yete yote yeet pour gut tears yet

geotan1 · verb

Senses

to pour
to shed (blood, sweat, tears)
to cast, found (metal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of geotan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ġēote	ġēat
2nd singular	ġīetst	gute
3rd singular	ġīett ġīet	ġēat
Plural	ġēotaþ	guton
Subjunctive
Singular	ġēote	gute
Plural	ġēoten	guten

Non-finite forms of geotan
	Form
Infinitive	ġēotan
Inflected infinitive	ġēotenne
Imperative singular	ġēot
Imperative plural	ġēotaþ
Present participle	ġēotende
Past participle	goten ġegoten

geotan2 · verb · alternative form

Senses

alternative form of ġietan

Conjugation

Conjugation of geotan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ġeotu ġete	ġæt
2nd singular	ġites ġeotes	ġēte
3rd singular	ġiteþ ġeoteþ	ġæt
Plural	ġeotaþ	ġētun ġēton
Subjunctive
Singular	ġete	ġēte
Plural	ġeten	ġēten

Non-finite forms of geotan
	Form
Infinitive	ġeotan
Inflected infinitive	ġetenne ġeotanne
Imperative singular	ġet
Imperative plural	ġeotaþ
Present participle	ġetende
Past participle	ġeten ġeġeten

All forms (35)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *geutan.

From Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize, grasp”). Cognate with Old Frisian jeta, Old High German gezan, gezzan, Old Norse geta (whence English get).

Descendants

ewte, gut, yeet, yet, yete, yote

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